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Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 6/12/1989

Commonwealth v. Pellegrini

Citations

  • 539 N.E.2d 514
  • 405 Mass. 86
  • 1989 Mass. LEXIS 170

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding warrant valid where search warrant application affidavit was signed and probable cause existed for issuance of warrant
  • holding warrant valid where search warrant application affidavit was signed and probable cause existed for issuance of warrant
  • reiterating that Massachusetts law has not adopted good faith exception of United States v. Leon, supra, to exclusionary rule
  • noting that Massachusetts has not adopted good faith doctrine of United States v. Leon
  • excusing ministerial defects in search warrant where “there is no dispute that the judge intended to issue the warrant”
  • holding a failure of a judge to sign a warrant was a ministerial error that did not invalidate the warrant in the absence of a constitutional or statutory requirement that the issuing judge, without exception, sign a search warrant

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Judges: Abrams, Liacos, Lynch, Nolan, Wilkins

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23 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Cites

21 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

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